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Tomatovillian™
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Many folks read my posts praising the virtues of Mycorrhiza and beneficial bacteria, well I have added a new one to the stable. This year in addition to MycoGrow soluble I will be using Plant Success Soluable as well. The two are very similar and if you look at the picture of the expiration date you will get an idea of the shelf life of myco's and it also gives storage instructions. The MycoGrow runs about $6.00 an ounce compared to $4.00 for the Plant Success. Plant Success also adds Humic Acids and Seaweed Extract to the mix. Ami
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Ami, I've been using the Myco grow, as you suggested. It was very reasonable and goes a long ways. I will add the Plant success product the next year. Thanks again for posting great recommendations.
Do you think the added Humic Acids and Seaweed Extract will help that much? |
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: NJ
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Ami, just curious, did you drop BiotaMax? I've never used the Plant Success but have heard of great results with it.
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All I know is BioMax was EXPENSIVE.
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Join Date: Jan 2013
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Hmm, i've been using Rooters mycorrhizae because it super cheap.
http://www.amazon.com/Earth-Juice-Ro.../dp/B001GE8GY6 |
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Join Date: Jun 2010
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How do you figure it's expensive?
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The Glomas species are the Endomycorrhizae. Rooters is a granular and has a spore count of 2.46 propagules/gram of each of the 3 species included. MYKOS in comparison is also a granular but a single species (Glomus intraradices) at 80 spores per gram. Other products may also have a higher spore count and even more species and are naturally more expensive on a cost/oz basis and most times contain beneficial bacteria and Trichoderma fungi. Earth-Juice-Rooters-Mycorrhizae Ingredients: 12,510 propagules/gram – Pisolithus tinctorius 317 propagules/gram – Rhizopogon rubescens 317 propagules/gram – Rhizopogon fulvigleba 317 propagules/gram – Rhizopogon villosulus 317 propagules/gram – Rhizopogon subacarelescens 2.46 propagules/gram – Glomus intraradices 2.46 propagules/gram – Glomus aggregatum 2.46 propagules/gram – Glomus mosseae |
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Join Date: Jun 2012
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My high tunnel tomatoes got 2 plant success tablets each, and they are doing well.
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Things like Humic Acids and Seaweed Extract are added to the product as spore activators and food for the microbes. Some other inoculants will also have sugars added as microbe food.
I'm trialing MYCO BLAST from Supreme Growers this year, a very concentrated mix of Myco's, Bacillus and Trichoderma, also MYKOS and MYKOS WP from the Xtreme Gardening Sample Kit I bought. Another one that I'm very tempted to try is Myco Madness from Humboldt Nutrients |
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Normally I will do a soil drench adding a tablespoon of molasses to 10 liters of water to my plants a week after plant out as a microbe food and have used Microbe tea from T&J enterprises periodically during the growing season. Also BioBizz BioGrow has a sugar base that also feeds the microbes during the course of the growing season.
The folks at Fungi.com and Plant Revolution (Plant Success) have been in the business a long time and I am fully satisfied with their products. Ami
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Thanks for the information RayR.
Got a few questions for you. What brand do you recommend? Can Mycorrihzae expire? |
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Spores of fungi like mycorrihzae and trichoderma or bacteria can't be keep dormant and alive forever. Most products will claim an expiration date of 1 or 2 years without loss of viability.
Best advise there is to only buy what you need for 1 or 2 growing seasons at the most. If one ounce of Mycogrow will cover your needs for your garden for one season, don't buy a pound. It's hard to recommend brands since most of us have used only a limited number of them. You can go with the sellers with more established products like Ami endorses or you can try something newer to the market. I don't personally look at brands as much as I look at contents and the benefits for my particular needs. Most vendors selling mycorrihzae and trichoderma or bacterial inoculants don't actually make their own raw materials, very few companies have the facilities, the equipment or the expertise to mass produce biological inoculants on an economic scale. |
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Join Date: Jul 2011
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How's it going with the addition of the Plant Success? Any noticeable differences from your regular myco/bacterial inoculation?
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